Building A Life Size Star Wars Land Speeder
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Perhaps you guys already thought about this, but... You definitely should apply fiberglass over this thing! Exactly like they do with wooden boats, kayaks and stuff like that!
This way the foam is going to be much more durable!
Anyway, stay safe there with your families! 🖖😊
absolutely this. to do otherwise would be folly.
@@gordonpromish9218 This thing is definitely going to turn out sweet! 😃
You don't need to add the cloth, just a spray coat of resin or even gel coat would work as well. It's basically putting a plastic skin over the foam.
@@muskokamike127 If you want any resemblance of strength, you need the cloth. Like building a big surfboard.
I think that would add too much weight, also the resin curing heat could melt the foam.
I think you guys should fiberglass parts of this craft so it really lasts and you get some cool missions done with it. This reminds me of a surfboard build.
Great idea. We definitely have some cool plans for making it last. ;)
@@FliteTest why plywood when there is 4 mm and 10 mm corroplast available? You could glue two 4mm sheets together at 90° orientation and have something incredibly stiff and lightweight.
@@MultiPetercool the big issue is material stiffness and rigidity.
Yeah. We shape car parts like bumpers with foam just like this then coat it with fiberglass.
It would definitely help the bottom.
I'd consider carbon fiber then a flat paint.
Outstanding!!
Dave does amazing work!
A true inspiration and a perfect addition to the FliteTest team!
Well done gentlemen! ❤
Thank you very much for the kind words
I can picture you guys going down a highway in that. Have a lot of band aids ready for that first flight.
I agree you should put at least a light layer of glass on this. Even 1 layer of cloth over the whole thing would make it way stronger and keep it light.
Nice technique with the foam cutting tools Dave!
What a great project. This looks so cozy inside. Please let room in the middle console for an iPad cutout and get some custom app for the dashboard running.
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This is one really cool idea! Who doesn't love Star Wars? Maybe a whole Star Wars series will come out of this. Hope the hovercraft idea is something that stays around, it would be great if you could fly it over water, land on the water and take off again. Oh great job on this project guys!
Incredible build! This is actually such an innovative series, love seeing these ideas come to life on FliteTest. Nothing else like it anywhere! The fact that this is going to be pilot controlled makes me wonder how much weight that's going to add vs just using a simpler FPV RC setup where the pilot is just using those lightweight controls. So excited with this project!
this reminded me of when i saw the real one at an exhibition in about 1978 when i was a kid I'd never seen the film but it was so cool!
Have you considered using something like space blanket to disguise the hover craft skirt?
The reflections could help it to blend in somewhat.
It wouldn't even need to be a "space blanket" TBH. Just a sheet of reflective Mylar on the outside of the air skirt to make enough mirrored images to be confusing.
It would be relatively easy to put a ball level in the middle to control thrust to keep it level. If weight is shifted to the rear, the ball would move and apply more thrust to the rear motor and vice versa.
This is shaping up to be really impressive.
Can't wait to see it run! Woohoo!
Awesome build , you should take apart your shop vac and take a look at its impeller. for your lift thrust you need pressure and not so much thrust from a prop . The pancake impeller design is simple to make and should give you better lift in a smaller diameter. It just requires more RnD than a prop but I think would pay for itself in the end..
This is so cool! Also, those backing tracks are super nice!
What an awesome project! Love Star Wars and if anyone can pull it off it will be the FT crew! Can't wait! Well done gentlemen! 👍
advice: research the way the skirts are cut to shape and sealed along the joints. it can be trick non-euclidean geometry that trial-and-error will be a PITA to replicate.
and I'll join the chorus: glass the hull. multi-ply quasi-isotropic layup for most uniform rigidity; using vacuum bagging if you are worried about weight, book-clamping if you are not.
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A wood wrasp works great for getting rid of those "ribs".
For laying down spackle in the curved sections, you can use a silicone spatula.
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A beautiful ambitious project is coming together.
Definitely requires fiberglass to add strength and durability.
Wow, it's really starting to take shape now, love it!
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This is so very cool! very nice build! Cant wait to see you guys speed racing!
Thanks guys your work to bring sifi into reality is so enjoyable to watch
This'll be the coolest creation at burning man!!!
Looks good guy's, I know you are trying to make it look as close as you can to the movie prop... but you want to make the footprint as wide as you can to mitigate the tipping action of the craft because the hull is so narrow. Barry Palmer designed the Sevtec ACV some years ago you may want to look at his work. Dad and I talked about building one of Barry's designs so I talked a lot with Barry about the nuts and bolts of his designs so I would have a good understanding of the physics of the machine.
With a bag skirt you should load the machine so when on cushion it is level Barry used a round bubble level to know where to move the weight to trim the craft.
I guesstimate the gross weight of your craft should be about 650 to 700 pound maximum if you want it to plane out on water. The reason is you want to keep the cushion footprint area below 12 pounds per square foot otherwise you are blowing spray and loosing cushion seal and loosing lift that's also why you want to have the craft running as level to the surface you are running on.
I know there is a lot of information on hovercraft out there but don't confuse information and data on the finger skirts with data and information on the bags skirts you guy's are using. The two have similarities but also some differences in how they operate and what works best. They are two different animals.
Yes I do see some issues you are building into the design... more power is not going to help. By the way I have no idea where the community page is... The props you plan to use are great for making thrust but poor at making pressure that you need to fill the bag and make cushion pressure. What works on a small models doesn't mean it works on full scale physics.
Beautiful, yet looks fragile and scary. Be safe in there with those giant props and a foam frame.
Looks amazing, gentlemen!
Will this be glassed and gel coated at some point? I would not think that just foam would be very good if you bump something you will rip chunks out of it
Also you may not need a bag like a normal hovercraft with dual motors and props collin furze made the fly cycle that flies way higher than this will with out any thing of the sort
If you guys get this flying, you HAVE TO ask Mark Hammil to come fly it.
This is awesome
Good old hovercraft, not mess about with them since 72. I see others have all ready advice to fibre glass, but also don't use prop blades use fan blades for the downward thrust
Awesome incredible build! I know a lot of people are saying fiberglass this and that’s definitely a possibility and would work great but it’s a lot of work! I have shot rhino bedliner over phone before and made a homemade boat which works great and it was extremely durable might be easier and it comes in a lotta cool colors just a thought🤷🏻♂️ can’t wait to see this thing. Done though pretty bad ass guys keep up the great work.👍🏼🤩😎
Absolutely fantastic!
That would make a pretty rad hot tub!
I'm fairly sure you should wear a respirator when cutting that stuff? Especially so much, and indoors.
That thing is going to be so awesome!!
very cool guys!
As an April Fools Joke, you should make a 3D Printed two-blade prop with each blade pitched in the opposite direction. April Fools! =P
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Absolutely nuts! I can't wait!
coolest build you have done in a while!
I hope you guys make that thing weatherproof. I bet you can enjoy it for years to come. who needs a golf cart when you have a hover craft =P
Wow! It’s really take good shape guys. I am very impressed. Well done!
Now it looks nothing like a bathtub 😉
There is a museum in Ft Eustis Virginia called the Army Transportation museum that has a hovercar from the 60's that I still think is original inspiration for this beast.
If nothing else it's the new flitetest couch : ))
Am I the only one who wants this as a Star Wars themed bath tub? 🤣🤣
Awesome project! I’m wondering if you will have CG issues with your current seat position? I’m not sure the front and rear props will be able to compensate since they are acting like pumps into a single cushion rather then direct thrust… unless maybe you will have separate front and rear skirts?
I looked into this decades ago so I'm only going on memory. It is my understanding that it is the combine thrust of the two props that provide lift so there's no real balance problem. If there is, it would be relatively easy to add a ball level switch controlling the two motors. if the back goes down too far, the ball shifts in that direction giving the rear more thrust. Kind of like how a gyro controls the thrust and vanes on a rocket.
It’s an ingenious project this craft.If it works build one carbon fiber one and use turbine engines like the one in the movies.
This is amazing!
Reminds me of my boat building days.
U should sooooo have like a kind of buddy up system on this thing so it be both on board controls AND remote control!!
What are you going to do just paint the foam or are you going to epoxy glass the whole thing or maybe epoxy cloth it to give it a hard shell and for crash purposes and stability so the thing doesn't fly apart.
OMFG YOU NEED TO MAKE THE SKIRT OUT OF CLEAR PLASTIC SO FROM A DISTANCE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ISNT ANYTHING UNDER IT :D
Making me wish I could find my old Star Wars toys. I modded my landspeeder to hold a rocket engine, but was too afraid to fire it off...
A minute and a half in and yes two props good and will be spinning under seat so no probs, love it.
you should set up the Iron Giant as the Remote driver and send him down the road with the label on his back that says Rockwell Bound😀😂
Wow, this thing is really coming together. I want one! :D
Simply amazing
Make it legit - fiberglass it!
heroes come in all forms, you guys are one of those forms ;p
can't wait to see this running because the original landspeeder prop sat on like aircraft landing gear.
iirc it was built on a car chassis
This is AWESOME
I hope it flies
🤞
Corroplast sheets glued at 90 degrees orientation would be lighter than plywood or aluminum.
They made is apear to hover with a curtain of mirrors around the base, y'all could try that
Some plywood and fiberglass reinforcement would not be bad.
man i want to see this fiished so bad and it driving. the paint job you guys will do is gonna be so epic. damn so so so good guys.
I dunno if it’s a budget thing, but fibreglass would be an ideal material to use
I think I would've created fiberglass U-Channels rather than using the timber for the upright strength bracing. I would also consider glassing the whole body with a good medium weight twill weave (conforms to curves nicely). Use a good two part aircraft grade epoxy like Wests and it should adhere nicely to the foam and give you tremendous strength. If you really wanted to get an advantage out of it you could peel ply the glass to create a nice flat surface that requires a minimum of filling and sanding to get a nice painting surface.
I CANNOT wait to see it in action
Loving it! Just thinking out loud, would big ducted fans work better than props for lift?
with the props in that round styrofoam tube they are prolly doing they are basicly ducted fans...
Makes sense. But it seems like more blades would equal more push.
Should probably mark this as part2
May the force (of upward thrust) be with you
Love it!
One word! Amazing!
I am loving watching this come together and am excited to see more.
Should definitely fibreglass the foam and make it last forever
Cool project.
I am looking forward to seeing you all move it out of that building. 😄
That thing is going to be awesome
Nice viedo yes fiber gassing would make it much more durable 😀
Love the video but I wanna ask what you'll do with the left over foam you've cut out
some great tips
Have you thought of using a Toroidal propeller?
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While I agree the ply is needed for strength and rigidity, I still worry its not going to be able to handle the loading you will be putting on it. Have you considered glassing it all in?
The best build....ever!
The biggest problem with Hovercrafts even bigger then directional control. HOVERCRAFTS don't do HILLS. THEY ALWAYS GO DOWN SLOPE. Just thought you might like to know. Good Luck
Me and my son are thinking of doing the same thing but with TOROIDAL PROPELLER
Great Video guys. But I’m not seeing much PPE when carving or sanding the foam. I would imagine it’s putting off possibly toxic foams and dust. Correct me if I wrong. But I do try to teach my children to be safe when doing things.
Is that chubaka had me dying 🤣
Back in the 70's there were stories of guys that built a car in their living rooms but failed to figure out how to get it out of the house. Appears the next change will be adding a wider door to the clubhouse!
Are you guy’s going to do any fiberglass reinforcements on that craft?
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Curious if the foam waste is recyclable?